{"product_id":"movies-and-american-society-isbn-9780470673645","title":"Movies and American Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second edition of \u003ci\u003eMovies and American Society\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive collection of essays and primary documents that explore the ways in which movies have changed—and been changed by—American society from 1905 to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach chapter includes an introduction, discussion questions, an essay examining the issues of the period, primary documents, and a list of further reading and screenings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a new chapter on \"American Film in the Age of Terror\" and new essays for Chapter 9 (\"Race, Violence, and Film\") and Chapter 13 (\"Hollywood Goes Global\"), as well as updated Reading and Screenings sections\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses all the major periods in American film history from the first nickelodeons to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the globalization of Hollywood\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the unique influence of movies on all aspects of American culture, from ideology, politics, and gender to class, war, and race relations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngaging and accessible for students, with jargon-free essays and primary documents that show social practices and controversies as well as the fun and cultural influence of movies and movie-going\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Why Movies Matter 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Going to the Movies: Early Audiences 14\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Celluloid Stage: Nickelodeon Audiences” by \u003ci\u003eRichard Butsch\u003c\/i\u003e 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Nickel Madness” by \u003ci\u003eBarton W. Carrie\u003c\/i\u003e 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReport of Censorship of Motion Pictures and of Investigation of Motion Picture Theatres of Cleveland 38\u003cbr\u003e by \u003ci\u003eRobert O. Bartholomew \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“House Fly Panics Pittsburgh Movie Audience” 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Heroes and Heroines of Their Own Entertainment: Progressive-Era Cinema 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Front Page Movies” by \u003ci\u003eKay Sloan\u003c\/i\u003e 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Social Uses of the Moving Picture” by \u003ci\u003eW. Stephen Bush\u003c\/i\u003e 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Los Angeles Socialist Movie Theater” 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Rise of Hollywood: Movies, Ideology, and Audiences in the Roaring Twenties 66\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Fantasy and Politics: Moviegoing and Movies in the 1920s” by \u003ci\u003eSteven J. Ross\u003c\/i\u003e 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Deluxe Picture Palace” by \u003ci\u003eLloyd Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Petting at the Movies” by \u003ci\u003eE. J. Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Actor’s Part” by \u003ci\u003eMilton Sills\u003c\/i\u003e 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Who Controls What We See? Censorship and the Attack on Hollywood “Immorality” 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Hollywood Censored: The Production Code Administration and the Hollywood Film Industry, 1930–1940” by \u003ci\u003eGregory D. Black\u003c\/i\u003e 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuotes from Censorship of the Theater and Moving Pictures edited by \u003ci\u003eLamar T. Beman\u003c\/i\u003e 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Confronting the Great Depression: Renewing Democracy in Hard Times 130\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Recreation of America: Hybrid Moviemakers and the Multicultural Republic” by \u003ci\u003eLary May\u003c\/i\u003e 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponses to Edward G. Robinson’s “Declaration of Democratic Independence” 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Alternatives Cinemas: Movies on the Margins 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Others’ Movies” by \u003ci\u003eThomas Cripps\u003c\/i\u003e 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Negro and the Photo-Play” by \u003ci\u003eOscar Micheaux\u003c\/i\u003e 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“‘The Symbol of the Unconquered,’ New Play” 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Some New American Documentaries: In Defense of Liberty” by \u003ci\u003eJohn H. Winge\u003c\/i\u003e 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Seeing Red: Cold War Hollywood 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Hollywood and the Cold War” by \u003ci\u003eJohn Belton\u003c\/i\u003e 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFBI Report, “Communist Political Influence and Activities in the Motion Picture Business in Hollywood, California” 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Waldorf Statement,” Issued by the Association of Motion Picture Producers 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Eisenhower’s America: Prosperity and Problems in the 1950s 222\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Fifties” by \u003ci\u003eLeonard Quart and Albert Auster\u003c\/i\u003e 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Teen Idol: Hedda Hopper Interviews James Dean” 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReviews of Rebel Without a Cause 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Race, Violence, and Film: From the Blaxploitation Era of the 1960s to the “Hood-Homeboy” Movies of the 1990s 252\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Black Violence as Cinema: From Cheap Thrills to Historical Agonies” by \u003ci\u003eEd Guerrero\u003c\/i\u003e 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVariety Reports Reactions to Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?\u003ci\u003e 269\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Blaxploitation Movies: Cheap Thrills That Degrade Blacks” by \u003ci\u003eAlvin F. Poussaint\u003c\/i\u003e 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Vietnam and the Crisis of American Power: Movies, War, and Militarism 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Vietnam and the New Militarism” by \u003ci\u003eMichael Ryan and Douglas Kellner\u003c\/i\u003e 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence Regarding the Making of The Green Berets 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Platoon Marks ‘End of a Cycle’ for Oliver Stone” by \u003ci\u003eSean Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Reunion: Men of a Real Platoon” by \u003ci\u003eJay Sharbutt\u003c\/i\u003e 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Reagan’s America: The Backlash Against Women and Men 310\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Fatal and Fetal Visions: The Backlash in the Movies” by \u003ci\u003eSusan Faludi\u003c\/i\u003e 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEqual Rights Amendment, 1972 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A Backlash Manifesto” by \u003ci\u003ePhyllis Schlafly\u003c\/i\u003e 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A New Stereotype: The Crazy Career Woman” by \u003ci\u003eRichard Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 American Film in the Age of Terror: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 342\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Limited Engagement: The Iraq War on Film” by \u003ci\u003eSusan L. Carruthers\u003c\/i\u003e 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Why Iraq War Films Fail” by \u003ci\u003eTom Streithorst\u003c\/i\u003e 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Total Receipts and Production Costs for Films About Afghanistan and Iraq” by \u003ci\u003eJohn Markert\u003c\/i\u003e 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Hollywood Goes Global: The Internationalization of American Cinema 365\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Article 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care” by \u003ci\u003eTyler Cowen\u003c\/i\u003e 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Documents 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTestimony Before Congressional Hearings on Television Broadcasting and the European Community 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Global Box Office Climb Continues in 2011” 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReadings and Screenings 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven J. Ross\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Southern California. He is co-director of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and author of \u003ci\u003eWorkers On the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788-1890\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003eWorking-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eHollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). Ross is the recipient of the Theater Library Association Book Award and a Film Scholars Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMovies are more than just an evening's entertainment.  As historical documents, they reflect how Americans see and think about their world. \u003ci\u003eMovies and American Society\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive collection of thirteen essays and supporting primary documents that explore how films have changed—and been changed by—American society from 1905 to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach chapter contains an introduction by the editor, an essay that explores how movies made during a specific period dealt with problems of the time, discussion questions, primary documents, and suggestions for further reading and film screenings. The second edition includes a new chapter on \"American Film in the Age of Terror,\" as well as new essays for the chapters on \"Race, Violence, and Film\" and \"Hollywood Goes Global\" and fully updated \"Readings and Screenings\" sections. The book provides sustained discussion and insight into each period while examining a broad range of topics, from ideology, politics, and gender to class, war, and race relations. The jargon-free essays are engaging and accessible for students and the documents explore not only social practices and controversies but also the fun and cultural influence of movies and movie-going.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing together the best scholarship and many never-before-collected documents, this is an essential resource for those wishing to understand the social and cultural impact of film on 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e- and 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e-century American life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMovies and American Society\u003c\/i\u003e shows us why movies matter—and gives us the tools we need to understand them. This is the perfect volume for teaching 20th century American history through film.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBeth Bailey, Temple University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMovies and American Society\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph. It effectively introduces students to the use of movies as primary sources in history and analyzes not only the ideas broadcast in movies but also the movie-going experience as part and parcel of American civic life.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRobyn Leigh Muncy, University of Maryland, College Park\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Steven Ross brings together a compelling mix of essays and contemporaneous documents, which provide essential insights into the collective power of the movies from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCharles Musser, Yale University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989657207013,"sku":"NP9780470673645","price":52.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470673645.jpg?v=1761784985","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/movies-and-american-society-isbn-9780470673645","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}